Honouring his father’s story, Elisha Wiesel sees fighting antisemitism inextricably linked to Zionism

October 21, 2021 by  
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The late Holocaust survivor, human-rights activist and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel became the first modern Jew to have a bust of his face sculpted into the stonework of the Washington National Cathedral’s Human Rights Porch on Oct. 12, the last to be installed among four luminaries such as Mother Teresa and Rosa Parks. Read more

WJC President Lauder condemns ‘despicable and deliberate’ antisemitic vandalism of Elie Wiesel house

August 6, 2018 by  
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The World Jewish Congress has strongly condemned the antisemitic vandalism carried out over the weekend at the childhood home of late Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel in Romania. Read more